from nobel peace prize acceptance speech
1952
albert schweitzer

let us dare to face the situation. man has become superman. he is a superman because he not only has at his disposal innate physical forces, but also commands, to scientific and technological advances, the latent forces of nature which he can now put to his own use. to kill at a distance, man used to rely solely on his own physical strength; he used it to bend the bow and to release the arrow. the superman has progressed to the stage where, to a device designed for the purpose, he can use the energy released by the combustion of a given combination of chemical products. this enables him to employ a much more effective projectile and to propel it over far greater distances.
however, the superman suffers from a fatal flaw. he has failed to rise to the level of superhuman reason which should match that of his superhuman strength. he requires such reason to put this vast power to solely reasonable and useful ends and not to destructive and murderous ones. because he lacks it, the conquests of science and technology become a mortal danger to him rather than a blessing.
in this context is it not significant that the first great scientific discovery, the harnessing of the force resulting from the combustion of gunpowder, was seen at first only as a means of killing at a distance?

select the correct answer.
in this acceptance speech for nobel peace prize, how does albert schweitzer convince the audience of his position of peace?
a.
repeating the metaphor of gunpowder
b.
using his expert testimony on peace
c.
generalizing the flaws of science
d.
comparing the human to a superman

D. Comparing the human to a superman

Explanation:

The primary purpose of the author is to show how the technological and the scientific advances be a blessing or become a curse depends upon the human use. He promotes the right usage of technological advancements in order to promote peace by every means. He intends to clarify the listeners about the destruction it made to the world by engaging in war and nuclear activities. He compares Man to a superman in order to show how man thinks of himself as the supreme power to control everything by their simple scientific discoveries.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

i think the beatles

explanation: they are talked about more.